First of all... I am addicted to facebook. >.< I wasn't going to join... I don't like that people have their real info on that site... But addicted so I be... Like I was when I first started blogging...
Anyway, I've realized, besides my addiction to facebook, that I am much more random and crazy on-line then I am in person. ... I'm rather mellow in person... At least until you get to know me. Once you get to know me and I'm comfortable then I get all crazy. But on-line you get the crazys first.
Once you get to know me I'm really quite crazy... I'm prone to quoting things about mars and a bowl of soup, or randomly spouting out "Fascist!" for no apparent reason. (true story... Although the answer was Democrat I think... It wasn't fascist.)
But on-line there's this sort of... barrier. People who don't know me will see my craziness and just say "Ok... that gal's weird..." and either think it's funny or walk away slowly. In real life they'd see it and think "Ok... Fei-chan is weird..." and I have to live with that... Not so on the Internet...
So Fascist I say!!
Fascist!!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Coraline
Since the movie for Coraline is coming out in a week and a half I figured I'd read the book. And actually, I was sadly disappointed...
It's cute. It's a nice story... But on the cover it says how scary it's supposed to be... And it wasn't really. The characters were interesting. I liked the cat. ^.^ But I never really feared for Coraline. She faced some freaky creatures, but I wasn't really afraid for her. It was simply a fact that she would get out of it...
It was ok, it was just a kid's book... If I was younger I suppose I would find it scary, but I didn't... Ah well... I still plan on seeing the movie.
It's cute. It's a nice story... But on the cover it says how scary it's supposed to be... And it wasn't really. The characters were interesting. I liked the cat. ^.^ But I never really feared for Coraline. She faced some freaky creatures, but I wasn't really afraid for her. It was simply a fact that she would get out of it...
It was ok, it was just a kid's book... If I was younger I suppose I would find it scary, but I didn't... Ah well... I still plan on seeing the movie.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Faith Validated ^.^ (worry 2)
^.^ *happy sigh* Inkheart...
It is a book. One of my all time favorites. I don't say favorite lightly, but favorite I do dub it so. So like I said in the Worry post, I was worried about what Hollywood would do to it. Especially with that dude from the Mummy movies playing Mo. >.O One of the main characters... He's a soft-spoken dad type figure, no mummies to be seen... But I love the book and so I was curious to see what they'd do to it... *nibbles fingernails*
I saw it today...
WOW!! It surpassed all my expectations. ^.^ They did a phenomenal job with this movie. BIG thumbs up from me. They stayed true to the book (minor details, but we'll forgive them since movie format is shorter then book) and they made a reference to duct tape. ^.^ How could it possibly get better. ^.^
And yes, I am a dork. That was me in the theatre, cheering, clapping, laughing and saying how glad I was that they matched the book. ^.^
It is a book. One of my all time favorites. I don't say favorite lightly, but favorite I do dub it so. So like I said in the Worry post, I was worried about what Hollywood would do to it. Especially with that dude from the Mummy movies playing Mo. >.O One of the main characters... He's a soft-spoken dad type figure, no mummies to be seen... But I love the book and so I was curious to see what they'd do to it... *nibbles fingernails*
I saw it today...
WOW!! It surpassed all my expectations. ^.^ They did a phenomenal job with this movie. BIG thumbs up from me. They stayed true to the book (minor details, but we'll forgive them since movie format is shorter then book) and they made a reference to duct tape. ^.^ How could it possibly get better. ^.^
And yes, I am a dork. That was me in the theatre, cheering, clapping, laughing and saying how glad I was that they matched the book. ^.^
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inauguration 2009
Well, today we have a new president. President Obama.
Overall I don't really know what to think about having a new president. I don't know what he'll do in office. I have no real say, so I don't worry about it much. Yes, I do vote. But in a I-am-only-one-person sorta way.
Overall I don't really know what to think about having a new president. I don't know what he'll do in office. I have no real say, so I don't worry about it much. Yes, I do vote. But in a I-am-only-one-person sorta way.
- Heh... on the news station I was watching they were saying how "even if you don't like Bush's policies, you can see here that he's a nice person."... And Ok, that may be... But I laugh how yesterday he was this EVIL MAN... and today he's a wonderful person. The ficklness of the media and the general public never ceases to amaze me.
But my mom made a good point. It's the right thing to do. Even if you have to lie and air brush what you think of him, he's out of the spotlight, and it's still the right thing to do. - I find it interesting about how when Obama was running that they asked him "Do you think that your color will be an issue for some voters?" Or some other similar question... Um... Doesn't the fact that you're asking mean that it's an issue?
- This is a global event. My mom, crazy person that she is, regularly chats with people around the world. Europe mainly, but Japan and stuff too. And the people she's chatting with are watching it too because they think it will effect them. I don't know how directly it will, but even the fact that they care enough to watch is amazing... I'm not even sure what type of governments most of Europe has... and they know the name of our president, and care enough to watch his inauguration... O.O Wowzers...
- flubbed swearing in... >.<>thing that went wrong, was the fault of the leader because he'd messed up that special ceremony... I really hope that doesn't happen with Obama...
- Victory. This whole thing of electing a black president is being talked about as a victory. That seems odd to me. I thought the whole racial issues were gone...? But I'm young, and I know they were saying that sixty years ago this wouldn't have been thought possible. So maybe it's just me that sees this as odd. *shrug*
- Two things that I found interesting in the prayer that was said over the lunch, "In your soverign name" and "protect them from moral arrogance"... The second just 'cause it's cool. But "in your soverign name"... That struck me. 'Cause the guy saying the prayer is saying it for the next president, the next soverign of our country. And saying "in you soverign name" signifies that God is higher then Obama. GASP! I'm glad he said it, I just thought it was bold.
- And one last thought... 'cause this is turning out longer then I'd thought... I remember a show that played in... Oh, I forget the year, but Clinton was president and we were going through the whole Monica Luinsky thing... But the series was set in the future and Terry was taking a test on the presidents and couldn't remember who came after Clinton. He asked a class-mate, Max (Terry=guy, Max=girl) who was next. She said something like "Well it was really boring till we had Clinton, and that's when things really got interesting... After that it was boring again." Lol. I can't help thinking about that when we had the whole re-count thing with Bush, and now Black Obama... Heh, and Max was black herself. Lol. ^.^ It's funny how she wouldn't think that was exciting.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
MY kind of weird
can best be summed up in this picture.
I really like this picture. And it's hard to exactly explain why... But I love this type of weird. Just one little "Wait... what? Um... K..." thing while the rest of it is relatively normal.
Having everything weird is ok too, but I think I prefer this sort of random oddity. Like Nightmare Before Christmas. The intro scene where everything is creepy is a turn-off for me. But I love the scenes where they're a normal community, they just happen to be werewolves and ghosts and such. This can be taken too far where it just ends up like a guy in a rubber suit in a market place doing a bad swamp thing impression... But I think Nightmare does a good job.
I remember one time I was at a camp and we had name tags. You know, those little sticky paper ones. Not something you can easily reapply once you take it off, and this camp was two days long. So what did I do? I stuck it on my head. ^.^ And if you think about it, it makes sense. I couldn't put it on my sweater or shirt 'cause you wouldn't be able to see it all the time and presumably I would be changing clothes from one day to the next. But I don't think I'm gunna change my head that often.
I just love it when everything is normal, but there's one thing that, while not openly disrupting anything, is just plain odd. ^.^ It gives me the warm fuzzies.
(and I realize there's probably some political background to it that would bore me to death or at least to a bad flu, but I jut like the randomness of it)
I really like this picture. And it's hard to exactly explain why... But I love this type of weird. Just one little "Wait... what? Um... K..." thing while the rest of it is relatively normal.
Having everything weird is ok too, but I think I prefer this sort of random oddity. Like Nightmare Before Christmas. The intro scene where everything is creepy is a turn-off for me. But I love the scenes where they're a normal community, they just happen to be werewolves and ghosts and such. This can be taken too far where it just ends up like a guy in a rubber suit in a market place doing a bad swamp thing impression... But I think Nightmare does a good job.
I remember one time I was at a camp and we had name tags. You know, those little sticky paper ones. Not something you can easily reapply once you take it off, and this camp was two days long. So what did I do? I stuck it on my head. ^.^ And if you think about it, it makes sense. I couldn't put it on my sweater or shirt 'cause you wouldn't be able to see it all the time and presumably I would be changing clothes from one day to the next. But I don't think I'm gunna change my head that often.
I just love it when everything is normal, but there's one thing that, while not openly disrupting anything, is just plain odd. ^.^ It gives me the warm fuzzies.
(and I realize there's probably some political background to it that would bore me to death or at least to a bad flu, but I jut like the randomness of it)
Friday, January 16, 2009
I have a seeing problem...
I don't see a reason to get a job.
I should.
I need money.
But I don't wanna.
I've been quite happy just reading and lounging around all day. It's quite nice.
And I don't see a reson to end that just 'cause this pesky life of ours requires that we pay these little pieces of paper that masquerade as bills!
...
GR!
Gr I say!
(btw: anyone know how to fix a resume? ^.^; Or even start one for that matter? I know Confuzzled you offered, but I lost your email. -_-;)
I should.
I need money.
But I don't wanna.
I've been quite happy just reading and lounging around all day. It's quite nice.
And I don't see a reson to end that just 'cause this pesky life of ours requires that we pay these little pieces of paper that masquerade as bills!
...
GR!
Gr I say!
(btw: anyone know how to fix a resume? ^.^; Or even start one for that matter? I know Confuzzled you offered, but I lost your email. -_-;)
Friday, January 9, 2009
Worry
Inkheart...
It was a book first, now it's going to be a movie...
Anyone who's ever loved a book and had it horribly mutilated by Hollywood knows where I'm going with this...
And still... I'm cautiously optimistic... I'm actually thinking of seeing it. My mom probably won't want to go with me. (edit: I asked her, and she said she's not, lol) She's sworn to never go with me to see another movie where I've read the book... Especially since Ella Enchanted... *shudder* Bad... HISS!!...
Although, in the movie's defence, the author of the book is one of the producers on the movie. I honestly don't know how much that means... but it's something. ^.^; And from the previews I've seen, I did recognize some of the scenes... Still...
*sigh* If only Hollywood were more reliable... I realize they want to make a good story... But why do they feel the need to do it at the expense of a book!!
It was a book first, now it's going to be a movie...
Anyone who's ever loved a book and had it horribly mutilated by Hollywood knows where I'm going with this...
And still... I'm cautiously optimistic... I'm actually thinking of seeing it. My mom probably won't want to go with me. (edit: I asked her, and she said she's not, lol) She's sworn to never go with me to see another movie where I've read the book... Especially since Ella Enchanted... *shudder* Bad... HISS!!...
Although, in the movie's defence, the author of the book is one of the producers on the movie. I honestly don't know how much that means... but it's something. ^.^; And from the previews I've seen, I did recognize some of the scenes... Still...
*sigh* If only Hollywood were more reliable... I realize they want to make a good story... But why do they feel the need to do it at the expense of a book!!
Monday, January 5, 2009
New Year! And a few quotes...
I don't really feel like saying anything, but I feel left out being the only one who hasn't blogged in the new year... Well, last of this little slot in the webbing that is the net...
I feel like I should have some big grand thoughts in this new year... And for the life of me I can't think of any... Mauve maybe... Aqua... Puce... But nothing awe inspiring...
As far as the new year, I think it will be a time of change. Don't know good, bad or ugly... but change. We're getting a new president and such. Our economy isn't looking too good. Stuff like that.
Also lots of change for me personally. I plan to move this year. Like out... Like out of the house... on my own... O.O That's a tiny bit of a change... ^.^;
So yeah... Big changiness...
Anyway... since I have no real thoughts I figure I'll pretend like I planned this and post some of my favorite quotes from the quote book I keep. I'll just pretend that I wanted to start off the new year with great words from great people. ^.^ You'll believe that, right?? Sure ya will. ^.^ 'Cause if it's on the Internet it must be true!! (plus I'll number them in case you wanna talk about them in the comments or something)
1"Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits."
-Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
2"Nothing happens unless first a dream."
-Carl Sandburg
3"Knowledge is Power. Power is corruptive. Study hard, be evil!"
-sign somewhere... dunno where, but I liked it. ^.^
4"There are some who never seem to believe themselves capable of anything; they see others press forward to attempt and achieve, and shrink back into a despoding inactivity. Having no faith in themselves, they undertake nothing and affect nothing. If they are convinced of some fault or bad habit, they have so little hope of being able to cure it that they scarcely make and effort. If some avenue of usefulness and honor opens before them, they drive back, almost sure they should not succeed, and decline to enter. If some duty presses urgently upon their conscience they try to quiet its promptings by pleading inability. Thus their lives pass away in uselessness, their faculties do not develop or their characters improve, their abilities are wasted, they dwindle into insignificance, and all this, not for lack of power, but or the want of a confidence and courage that would set that power into practical working order."
-dang... I wish I knew...
5"To live your life in your own way, to reach for the goals you have set or yourself, to be the you that you want to be- that is success."
-...?
6"We sow our thoughts, we reap our actions.
We sow our actions, we reap our habits.
We sow our habits, we reap our character.
We sow our character, we reap our destiny."
-I don't know... but I got it in young womens...
7"There is no one who does not carry scars on his heart. If there was someone in the world like that, he would be a shallow soul"
-Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho ^.^
8"Those who discourage your dreams, likely have abandoned their own."
-...
9"To truly convince someone, you must play their game by your rules."
-Me ^.^ (that's right, I have a thought now and again... ;P)
10"One who makes no mistakes, never makes anything."
-English proverb
11"I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given."
-Oscar Whilde ^.^
12"Always love your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much."
13"Someday I must read this scholar Everyone... He seems to have written to much- all of it wrong."
Emperor Mage pg 25
14"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."
-Wilde
15"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible."
-T.E. Lawrence
16"You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing."
-Feynman
17"You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel as if you've lost a friend."
-anon
18"When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 oz of paper and ink and glue-you sell him a whole new life."
-Christopher Morley
19"Our feelings are determined by the way we react to them."
20"Teaching is the profession that inspires all others."
-I think I read it on a magnet somewhere...?
21"She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, where more educated and even more intelligent than college professors."
-"Mrs. Flowers"
22"The World is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair. Though in all lands love is mingled with grief, love grows perhaps the greater."
-The Hobbit
23"I would rather be ashes then dust. I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than to be stiled by dry rot. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall use my time."
-Jack London
24"Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it will soon be so."
-Edgar Allen Poe
25"The differences in this world are what divide us, and unite us."
-Friend of mine. We'll call him Sunshine.
26"As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has-or ever will- something inside that is unique to all time. It's our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression."
-Fred Rogers
27"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than be false, and incur my own abhorrence."
-Fredrick Douglass
28"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
29"...In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love- they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
-The Third Man
30"Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of religion. Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of western science."
-Dunno, but I told my science teacher this and she laughed. ^.^ (The one in high school, with the curly hair? The cool one? Yeah, her. She liked it. ^.^)
31"Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane."
-Philip K Dick
32"Art is something into which you place a portion of your soul. Art succeeds when another person can find and feel that piece of soul it carries within it."
-Th, when we were talking about art on Schmetter's blog. I can't find it... but I know it's there...
33"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
-Groucho Marx
34"The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive o the environment in which you first ind yourself."
-Mark Caine
*phew* Well, enjoy. ^.^;
I feel like I should have some big grand thoughts in this new year... And for the life of me I can't think of any... Mauve maybe... Aqua... Puce... But nothing awe inspiring...
As far as the new year, I think it will be a time of change. Don't know good, bad or ugly... but change. We're getting a new president and such. Our economy isn't looking too good. Stuff like that.
Also lots of change for me personally. I plan to move this year. Like out... Like out of the house... on my own... O.O That's a tiny bit of a change... ^.^;
So yeah... Big changiness...
Anyway... since I have no real thoughts I figure I'll pretend like I planned this and post some of my favorite quotes from the quote book I keep. I'll just pretend that I wanted to start off the new year with great words from great people. ^.^ You'll believe that, right?? Sure ya will. ^.^ 'Cause if it's on the Internet it must be true!! (plus I'll number them in case you wanna talk about them in the comments or something)
1"Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits."
-Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
2"Nothing happens unless first a dream."
-Carl Sandburg
3"Knowledge is Power. Power is corruptive. Study hard, be evil!"
-sign somewhere... dunno where, but I liked it. ^.^
4"There are some who never seem to believe themselves capable of anything; they see others press forward to attempt and achieve, and shrink back into a despoding inactivity. Having no faith in themselves, they undertake nothing and affect nothing. If they are convinced of some fault or bad habit, they have so little hope of being able to cure it that they scarcely make and effort. If some avenue of usefulness and honor opens before them, they drive back, almost sure they should not succeed, and decline to enter. If some duty presses urgently upon their conscience they try to quiet its promptings by pleading inability. Thus their lives pass away in uselessness, their faculties do not develop or their characters improve, their abilities are wasted, they dwindle into insignificance, and all this, not for lack of power, but or the want of a confidence and courage that would set that power into practical working order."
-dang... I wish I knew...
5"To live your life in your own way, to reach for the goals you have set or yourself, to be the you that you want to be- that is success."
-...?
6"We sow our thoughts, we reap our actions.
We sow our actions, we reap our habits.
We sow our habits, we reap our character.
We sow our character, we reap our destiny."
-I don't know... but I got it in young womens...
7"There is no one who does not carry scars on his heart. If there was someone in the world like that, he would be a shallow soul"
-Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho ^.^
8"Those who discourage your dreams, likely have abandoned their own."
-...
9"To truly convince someone, you must play their game by your rules."
-Me ^.^ (that's right, I have a thought now and again... ;P)
10"One who makes no mistakes, never makes anything."
-English proverb
11"I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given."
-Oscar Whilde ^.^
12"Always love your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much."
13"Someday I must read this scholar Everyone... He seems to have written to much- all of it wrong."
Emperor Mage pg 25
14"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."
-Wilde
15"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible."
-T.E. Lawrence
16"You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing."
-Feynman
17"You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel as if you've lost a friend."
-anon
18"When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 oz of paper and ink and glue-you sell him a whole new life."
-Christopher Morley
19"Our feelings are determined by the way we react to them."
20"Teaching is the profession that inspires all others."
-I think I read it on a magnet somewhere...?
21"She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, where more educated and even more intelligent than college professors."
-"Mrs. Flowers"
22"The World is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair. Though in all lands love is mingled with grief, love grows perhaps the greater."
-The Hobbit
23"I would rather be ashes then dust. I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than to be stiled by dry rot. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall use my time."
-Jack London
24"Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it will soon be so."
-Edgar Allen Poe
25"The differences in this world are what divide us, and unite us."
-Friend of mine. We'll call him Sunshine.
26"As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has-or ever will- something inside that is unique to all time. It's our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression."
-Fred Rogers
27"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than be false, and incur my own abhorrence."
-Fredrick Douglass
28"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
29"...In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love- they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
-The Third Man
30"Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of religion. Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of western science."
-Dunno, but I told my science teacher this and she laughed. ^.^ (The one in high school, with the curly hair? The cool one? Yeah, her. She liked it. ^.^)
31"Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane."
-Philip K Dick
32"Art is something into which you place a portion of your soul. Art succeeds when another person can find and feel that piece of soul it carries within it."
-Th, when we were talking about art on Schmetter's blog. I can't find it... but I know it's there...
33"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
-Groucho Marx
34"The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive o the environment in which you first ind yourself."
-Mark Caine
*phew* Well, enjoy. ^.^;
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